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C++ Observability Engineer
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Senior C++ Observability Engineer
London | £850/day Inside IR35 | 6-Month Contract
Banking Client | 1 day per month in the office
A leading banking organisation is seeking a Senior C++ Observability Engineer to drive observability across critical real-time market data and trading platforms. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on improving reliability, latency visibility, customer experience monitoring, and operational insight across low-latency systems.
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- Strong C++ engineering background
- Experience in financial services, trading, market data, or low-latency environments
- Deep expertise in observability engineering (metrics, tracing, logging, telemetry, profiling)
- Experience with OpenTelemetry, eBPF, and modern monitoring platforms
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and distributed systems
- Experience driving observability standards and adoption across engineering teams
- Exposure to GitOps, CI/CD, and automation practices
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Candidates from investment banking, exchanges, market-making, trading, or market data environments will be particularly well suited.
Must Have:
- C++
- Low Latency Systems
- Financial Services
- Kubernetes
- Observability Engineering
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